Supporting rack



June 14, 1938. R, 5 R spo 2,120,511

SUPPORTING RACK Filed June 1, 1937 INVENTOR. ROY 45? RIsDoN PatentedJune 14, 1938 *ERAT'ENT SUPBORTING, .RAGK

Roy' S; Risdon, San Francisco, Calif.

.-Application; June 1, 1937,. Serial-- No. .-145,682

6 Claims.

-' construction for:aadisp1ay rack or-support for garments andthealike,.that can .bemade ofsolid vortubular material and which can bequicklyassembledand-disassembled in aqsimple and-com venient manner.Anotherobjectsof the invention is to-provide -.-.a; simple. form:ofdisplay' rack-.or. support which "can be constructed eitherin-miniature, .as atoy for. children,. oras a full size device for.adult. use. :Aiurther object ofthe invention is .to provide in a;supporting rack: a: novel arrangement of. interlockingparts which,when-assembled, will form a rigid support. without resort. to; bracing,and/ or other isecuring. means.

.For a better understanding; of .the invention reference should .bezh adto the accompanying drawing; wherein there is shown byiway ofillustration and .not of I limitation, preferred embodi- ;.=mentsthereof.

In;.the;; drawing; "Figure-l is aperspectiveview; of a garment :hangersupporting rack constructed in accordance. with.this :invention,

Figures: 2 and 3 are enlarged fragmentary-views showing details of thesupport of Figure 1, :Eigure 4 :is; a..;modifi ed form. of.- the support..shown in Figure l, havingadditional and swing- .able supporting armsthereupon,

:Figure 5 is a furthenmodificationof the-sup- 4 port shown in Figure 1,having additional and r parallel supporting arms, and

yEigurey 6. is.- a detail .of the support shown in q-Figure. 5.

-Asillustrated-in Figure 1, my improved support, .:in:its preferredform, comprises endirames-IU 1-545; and l l,-'which provide respectivelythe rightz-and (men-131) the loops: l2; and I3 there is respectivelyprovided ajpainof horizontally spaced loops l4 and I5, andattthezupperzends oftheend arms lll'and H :there is also respectivelyprovided vertically spacedloppslfi-and ll. Extending between the 5 endframes hand I l-there-is-a bottom: spacing stayyrod IShaVing-rightangledends Hand 20, which are-respectively inserted through the loops M-and.-l5 upontheend framesxlll and; and

amending-between the .upper ends of theend 10 frames l0 and II there is:a topspacing-stay. rod

;-. 2l having right angled ends 22 andr23, which are respectivelytpassed.through .the loops I6 and I! atthelupper ends of the end frames l0 andl I.

With this arrangement it will be seen that the 15 horizontally disposedendsl9 and 20 of the'bottomspacing stay-rod I8 serve tohold the floorengaging portions l2 and I3 ofthe end frames in 1 parallel relation, and:thatthe vertically disposed ends 22 -ands23 ofthe top spacing v stayrod 2| ..will .ser-ve -to maintainfthe end-frames l0 and II in theirverticalpositions; sothat should the rack be. intendedas agarmentsupport, garment hang- .ers =24. mayhang therefrom. .Thearrangement here. shown will be. particularly .useful in .stores fordisplaying dresses and the like, as during" sales, wherealarge numberofdressesareusually on.display,,the advantage beingthat when the racksare-not required, they maybe easily disassembled. and stored away inacompact manner 0 In a rack of this character, it is contemplated may bemade of solid material, such as heavy wire. In either event it wi1l..beappreciated that the principle ofassembling and'the arrangement .ofparts will be identical'in both 1' the full size and the miniaturedevices.

. As" shown in Figure 2 ,'the upper. loops J 6 and I! upon the endframes HI and l I projectinwardly upon' the, end frames sothat-theends'22 and'23 of the top spacing-stayil can be eas'ilyinserted therein.

[Upon referring toFigureE :of the drawing, itwill be'noted'thattthe'endframes"! and l l are formed .of a single, piece of rod oritubing, and.thatflthe loops I 4 and "l5iaret formed in spaced relation at theextreme endlof. the wire. or tube,; ,-5 withlone of the loopsfl l. andI5 located substantially centrallyof' thewfloor engaging loops" I2. andl3 uponthe end frames. With thisarrangement ..of. loops. it will be seenthatthe bottom. spacing .stay rod l8 will. be located.immediately-belowandin line with the top spacing stay rod 2|. In connection with thisdetail of the present invention it will be understood that thehorizontal loops l4 and I5 may be provided at either side of the centerof the loops I2 and I3, or they may be formed in the bottom portion ofthese loops.

The embodiment of the invention illustrated in Figure 4 of the drawing,comprises, in addition to the above described parts, the provision ofadditional loops 25 and 26 intermediate the ends of the end frames l0and II, into which swingable rods 21 having right angled ends 28 areadapted to be supported. With this arrangement the swingable rods 21 maybe located in any convenient position to provide supports for additionalgarments or other articles.

In the embodiment illustrated in Figure 5, the end frames and the topand bottom spacing stays are similar to those above described, and likethe embodiment illustrated in Figure 4, the end frames l0 and II of thisembodiment have spaced loops 25 between their ends into which adownwardly depending end 29 upon cross arms 30 are adapted to beinserted. When the cross arms 30 are used upon the end frames I0 and II,as shown in this figure of the drawing, they will serve as a support foradditional garment supporting rods 31, which will be located below andat opposite sides of the top spacing stay rod 2!.

As shown in Figure 6 of the drawing, the cross arms 30 have horizontallydisposed loops 32 at the ends thereof for the ends of the rods 3!, andthe middle of these cross arms are folded so as to form the downwardlydepending ends 29 intermediate the ends thereof.

With the arrangements above described, it will be understood that byproperly proportioning the vertical height of the end frames ID and IIand the length of the spacing stay rods 18 and 2|, the device may beadapted to many uses. For example, with the last above describedembodiment it is conceivable. that with the end frames [0 and H having aheight of approximately four feet (4), the device will provide aconvenient and practical towel rack, such as is used in bathrooms andthe like.

While I have, for the sake of clearness and in order to disclose myinvention sothat the same can be readily understood, described andillustrated specific devices and arrangements, I desire to have itunderstood that this invention is not limited to the specific meansdisclosed, but may be embodied in other ways that will suggestthemselves to persons skilled in the art. It is believed that thisinvention is new and it is desired to claim it so that all such changesas come within the scope of the appended claims are to be considered aspart of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is:-

1. In a display rack or garment supporting holder of the characterdescribed constructed entirely of solid or tubular material, comprisingend frames having transversely bent floor engaging portions with twohorizontally spaced loops formed therein for the reception of the endsof a spacing stay rod, a vertically extending portion upon said endpieces having vertically spaced loops at the top for the reception ofthe ends of a second spacing stay rod, and a pair of similar spacingstay rods having their ends bent at a right angle and inserted into thespace-d loops at the top and bottom of said end frames, whereby said endframes will be held in a vertical position and hold the upper spacingstay rod in a position to be used as a support for articles to bedisplayed.

2. In a rack or holder of the character described constructed entirelyof solid or tubular rods, comprising end frames having transversely bentfloor engaging portions with horizontally spaced loops formed thereinfor the reception of the ends of a bottom spacing stay rod, a verticallyextending portion upon said end frames having vertically spaced loopsformed therein at the top for the reception of the ends of a top spacingstay rod, and a top and bottom spacing stay rod having their ends bentin the same direction at a right angle and inserted respectively intothe horizontally and vertically spaced loops at the top and bottom ofsaid end frames, the bent end portions of said top and bottom stay rodswhen inserted in the horizontally and vertically disposed'loops of theend frame serving to hold said end frames upright and parallel.

3. In a rack of the character described constructed entirely of solid ortubular rods, comprising end frames having flattened horizontallydisposed loops forming floor engaging portions with horizontally spacedloops formed along the;

upper side of said loops for the reception of the ends of a bottomspacing stay rod, a vertical portion extending upwardly from thehorizontal loops of said end frames having vertically spaced loops atthe top thereof for the reception of the: ends of a top spacing stayrod, and a top and bottom spacing stay rod having their ends bent at aright angle and inserted respectively into the horizontally andvertically'spaced loops at the top and bottom of said end frames.

4. In a rack of the character described constructed entirely of solid ortubular rods, comprising end frames having transversely bent floorengaging portions with horizontally spaced loops formed therein for thereception of the ends of a bottom spacing stay rod, a verticallyextending portion upon said end frames having vertically spaced loops atthe top for the reception of the ends of a top spacing stay rod, a topand bottom spacing stay rod having their ends bent at a right angle andinserted respectively into the horizontally and vertically spaced loopsat the top and bottom of said end frames to hold said end frame invertically spaced relation, the vertically extending portions of saidend frames each having a pair of additional spaced loops intermediateits ends, and a supporting arm removably carried by 'the additionalspaced loops upon said end frames.

5. In a display rack of the character described;

of the ends of a bottom spacing stay rod, a ver-.:

tically extending portion upon said end pieces having vertically spacedloops for the reception of the ends of a top spacing stay rod, a pair ofspacing stay rods having their ends bent at a right angle and insertedinto the spaced loops at( 65 j engaging portions with horizontallyspaced loops formed'therein for the reception of the ends on tendingportions of said end frames each having a pair of additional spacedloops intermediate its ends, a transversely disposed arm removablycarried by the additional spaced loops upon each of said end frames, andan article supporting rod extending between the ends of saidtransversely disposed arms.

ROY S. RISDON.

